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taught only the ancient traditions, in that
they would teach new truths by new methods.
In respect to the matter and method of their
teaching, the disciples of JESUS would re-
semble thrifty housekeeper whose store
house contained supplies both new and old,
to be dispensed for the comfort and support
of the household. The truths of Christianity
in their application to the constant needs of
humanity are ever fresh. They are old in
reality, but new in their perpetual unfold
ings and adaptability to the growing knowl-
edge and wider experience of mankind.
Christianity is progressive as man is pro-
crossing under its benign influence. The
influential and effective Christian teacher
presents new truth, and old truth in new
forms, from the constantly supplied and re-
newed storehouse of his religious knowledge
and experience.
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HAVE YOU READ ToKoLoGYY

DEAR EDITOR: Three years since, / pro-
cured Tokology. AS 1 read, l seemed to be
receiving message from heaven. 1 fol-
lowed its teachings in two instances with the
happiest results, and cannot say enough in
its praise. asked every young married
woman, "Have you read Tokology ?" If not
then get it at once; its value cannot be esti-
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THE MUSTARD.SEED.

The fact that all who heard JESUS teach
ing did not become subjects of his kingdom,
but that those who did realized abundant
spiritual results, is illustrated by the parable
of the Sewer. The illustration of the Mus
tard-seed exhibited the kingdom as gro owing
from its small beginning to great power and
influence. Though apparently feeble in its
beginning, like the mustard-seed, which was
the smallest seed sown by the Galilean
farmers, and grew into the largest plant
which they cultivate in their fields, so the
kingdom of heaven would become the most
powerful of kingdoms. Christianity has
already grown from its humble beginning in
Palestine to become the spiritual force of
the splendid civilizations of Europe and
America. A feeble beginning ought not to
discourage the Christian teacher and worker
of our time. We have Witnessed great re-
suits spring from very feeble beginnings.
Our own Church, as well as some others, is a
striking example of this law of growth in
the kingdom of COP. All the great moral
and religious movements of the world have
begun in feeblensss. A single one, conse-
Grated to truth and righteousness, will be-
come a Thousand "One with COP is Twill
bscome) majority" The smallest Chris
tian influence will become the mightiest
moral force.
THE MUSTARD-SEED IN THE HOLY
LAND.-Professor Hackett, in his "Illustra-
tions of Scripture" graphically describes
mustard plants which he saw growing in the
fertile regions of the Holy Land:
'It was then in blossom, full-grown, in
some cases, six, seven and nine feet high,
with stem or trunk an inch or more in
thickness, throwing out branches on every
side. / was now satisfied in part. / felt
that such plant might well be- called tree,
and, in comparison with the seed producing
it, a great tree But still the branches, or
stems of the branches, were not very large,
or apparently very strong. Can the birds, 1
said to myself, rest upon them? Are they
not too slight and flexible? Will they not
bend or break beneath the superadded
weight? AT that very instant as l stood and
revolved the thought, lol one of the fowls
of heaven stopped in its flight through the
air, alighted down on one of the branches,
which hardly moved beneath the shock, and
then began, perched there before my eyes,
to MARBLE forth strain of the richest music.
All my doubts were now charmed away.
was delighted at the incident 1t seemed to
me at the moment as if | enjoyed enough to
repay me for all the trouble of the whole
Journey"
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THE TREASURE.

Anciently, and before the modern system
of banking and safe-deposits became of
common use. it was the custom to secrete
money and various valuables in fields and
other places for safe keeping. From sudden
death and various causes, much of these hid
| den treasures would remain unknown in
their hiding places and might be found by
| those who cultivated the fields, or by such
| treasure-seekers. By ancient law hidden
| treasures, for which no owner appeared, be-
longed to the owner of the land on which
they were found. The parableo of the Hidden
Treasure describes the case of a man who
found treasure in field not his own, and
who valued his find 80 highly that he con-
cealed it or hid it again, and Immediately
sold all he possessed and bought the field.
WHAT 1T ILLUsTRATEs.-The object of
the parable appears to be to illustrate the
supreme value of the blessings of Christian
ity, or of citizenship in the kingdom of GoD.
Like the man who rejoiced to sell all he pos
sessed that he might possess the treasure
which he had found, those who truly appre-
bend the truths of the Gospel and the bless
ings which it confers, will gladly surrender
and subordinate all other things and inter-
ests that they may cherish, and enjoy these.
If the conduct of the man in the parable ap-
pears to be dishonest, we must bear in mind
that "JEsUs is not teaching how man ought
to act in such case, but is narrating case
out of ordinary life" Weiss, and that an
illustration may truly describe the thing Illus
trated even when the act described in the
illustration may be immoral, as in the case
of the unrighteous steward duke viz.
THE POINT OF THE PARABLE is not
that the man found the treasure, or hid it
again. but that he rejoiced to give up every
thing to possess it. The blessings of Chris
tianity are above and include all other real
blessings. Christians ought to be glad to
make any surrender or sacrifice demanded
by the Gospel. The demands of the Gospel
are that we should surrender lower things
that we may possess higher ones Christi
anity involves a remuneration of earthly
treasures that heavenly treasures may be pos
sessed. Indeed it really transforms all earthly
treasures into heavenly and enduring ones.
Real heavenly treasures are the virtues and
graces of q truly Christian character. We
ought at least to be willing, if not to rejoice,
to surrender everything else to possess un-
furnished Christian characters.
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BY REV. ROBERT T. POLK.
Matthew xiii. 24-30.]

THE PARABLES.-The "Sermon by the
Sea-" so-called, comprises series of par
ables spoken by JESUS to illustrate the found
alton, growth and ultimate success of the
spiritual kingdom which he came to estab-
lish among men on the earth. Matthew
records seven, or eight, if the simile of the
householder (52) may be included among
the parallels. Mark reports one, the para
BILE of the seed (iv. 2629) which is not con-
tanned in Matthew's Gospel. The eight par
ables of the discourse, including the parable
of the seed, may readily be classified in
pairs, and the whole group of four pairs
forms progressive series of illustrations.
WHAT THEY ILLUsTRATE.-The first
pair, including the Sewer and the Seed MARK
iv. 1920, illustrate the planting and success
full, though quiet and unseen, growth of the
kingdom of heaven to an abundant harvest.
The parallels of the Tares and Net illustrate
its growth in the midst of evil and the
method of its supremacy in the world. The
illustrations of the Mustard-seed and Leaven
exhibit it as destined to grow from a small
beginning to great power and universal
dominion. The Treasure and Pearl illus
trate the supreme value and importance of
the kingdom.
TIME AND PLACE.-All the parallels of the
group may not have been spoken upon the
same occasion, but are topically arranged in
the record, as are the miracles recorded in
viii, tx, and the teachings probably, of the
Sermon on the Mount. The parallels of the
Seeds and the Leaven, which is analogous to
seed and kind of plant, appear to have
bsen spoken in connection, and from the boat
on the lake, though the language employed
does not necessarily imply this Luke re-
cords the parallels of the Mustard-seed and
Leaven in another connection and as having
been spoken at later date xiii. 1920.
The parallels of the Hid Treasure, the Pearl
and the Net appear to have been spoken in
house 1861 and to the disciples privately,
and are recorded only by Matthew. Moth
ing definite, however, as to time and place
may be determined by Matthew's topical
method of grouping the contents of the
Gospel The series of parallels illustrating
the beginning and method of growth of his
kingdom may have been selected by the
Evangelist from the "many things" which
JESUS spoke in parallels (3). By analogies
which he observed in natnre and the CON-
mon affairs of life, JESUS enforced his in
struction concerning the principles aud pur-
poses of his spiritual kingdom.
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DELICATE CHILDREN. NURSING

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CATARRH CURED.

A clergyman, after years of suffering from
that loathsome disease, catarrh, and vainiy
trying every known remedy, at last found a
prescription which completely cured and
saved him from death. Any sufferer from
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THE NET.

The parable of the Net, or Seine, is SINH
lar to that of the Tares. 1t illustrates what
will occur under the heavenly reign at the
contamination of the age. See last Lesson
Study. The parable of the Tares illustrated
the fact that in the progress of the kingdom
the righteous and the wicked, the Christians
and their enemies, would intermingle till the
times were ripe for their separation, when
the Christians would be preserved and Chris
tianity be promoted to power and influence,
and their wicked opposers would be over
thrown and the Jewish commonwealth de-
stroyed. The parable of the Net describes
in symbol the separation which would occur
at the contamination OF the Jewish age or
dispensation, and the destruction of the Jew
ish nation under the Old Testament figure of
a fiery furnace. As the good fish caught in a
seine are preserved in vessels for market,
while the bad fish are cast away by the fisher
men, so in the contamination of the age the
angels-messengers of Divine Providence
will appear and separate the wicked from
the righteous, and in accordance with the
symbolism of the parable of the Tares, CON
sumo them with fire, when there will be a
time of great suffering, sorrow and shame,
symbolzed by the fiery furnace and the
weeping and crashing of teeth"
PROFESSIONALISM furnace of fire" is
an Old Testament figure of the affection of
the Hebrew people, both experienced in the
past and threatened in the future. The
Egyptian bondage is called furnace (Deu-
teronomy iv. 20; Kings viii. 81; jeremiah
XII. A.. 1t is called "a furnace of affection"
and is located in Jerusalem by the prophet
Isaiah xxi. 8; Xviii. 1O). The Saviour
evidently borrows the figure from Ezekiel
xii 1921, to describe the event which would
fulfil the prophecy.
DR.. Hanson's Comments.
The Saviour had this usage in His mind
and conveyed the same thought, namely, the
approaching woes of his country and race,
in the only places where we find the same
language in the New Testament. -. This
Is description of the then approaching
conclusion of the Jewish age or epoch, when
| GODS messengers would execute His WILL
and destroy His enemies by casting them
into that furnace of fire (Gehenna), whose
smoke was darkening the sky of all be-
| holders. This language has sole reference to
the remarkable trials through which the
| early Christians were about to pass when
Jerusalem was destroyed, and the Christian
religion was fairly established on the ruins
| of the Jewish Church. 1t is nowhere said
that God has furnace in eternity in which
to burn souls. His furnace was in Jerusalem
isaiah XXI 81. w. Hanson, DID, "The
/ NaW OOvananf -
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preme power and universal influence.
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A CASE OF CATARRH WHICH THEY CAN NOT CURE.
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A Protest from Holland.

NEW YORK, Oct. 29.-The nature of
the anarchist communications received by
Gould may be Judged by the following
letter received at the white house yester
day, addressed to President Cleveland:
THE HAGUE, Holland. Oct. l5.-To
the President of the United Stats. The
council. general of the social democratic
federation in Holland, feeling indignant
at the infamous judgment of the Illinois
supreme court in the case of the Chicago
anarchists, holds hat the throwing OF the
boom in the meeting held May 4, 1886,
was provoked by the outrageous
assault of the police Upon the
peoples right of free speech. Fur
thermor4, as the thrower OF the bomb is
not known, the charging OF the seven an
archists with the guilt of this act is es-
sentially arbitrary and the outgrowth of
class hatred. Therefore, the general
democratic federation of Holland, in the
name of humanity, liberty and Justice.
protest against the sentence of death
passed on the Chicago anarchist and
despising the ruling classes for making
themselves a party to this murder, shall
hold the president Of the United States
personally responsible if their lives are
taken.
(Signed) THE COUNCIL GENERAL,
c. CROLL, Sec.
, 1887-10-30
The Markets-stooks and Cattle.

New York, Oct. 29.-The stock mar
ket to day was quiet to dull, and the tran
sactlons were OF no special significance,
though the general drift of prices was
upward. The bears were cautious about
increasing their short line, and the bulls
displayed a disposition to support prices.
while outside the influences amounted to
nothing. The bears felt the market to
find soft spots, but their search was unre
warded, though Gould stocks showed
some vulnerabilitv, especially the Missouri
Pacific. fluctuations were unusually mar
row, in no case exceeding | per cent.
Governments dull but firm. Mining
shares dull. Money 394 per cent.
Petroleum opened strong at 7O3;
highest, tit; lowest, 70s; closing, II;
Sales, 497, 900 barrels.
Following are closing prices of stocks:
Pacific 6's. l2l; American Express,
l0l; Canada Pacific. SO; Canada South
ern, 524; Central Pacific, 800; Burlington,
1861; Delaware, Lackawanna, 1861; Den
yer & Rio Grande, 224; Erie, 27; Lake
Shore, 92i; Louisville & Nashville, 57b;
Michigan Central, S54; Kansas & Texas,
1854; New York Central, l06t; Northern
Pacific. 20b; preferred, 43s; Northwest
ern, 1868; Oregon Improvement, 3S;
Navigation, SCI; Transcontinental, III;
Pacific Mail, 35; Panama, -; Rock
Island, ll2; Milwaukee & St. Paul,
7ls; Texas Pacific, %; Union Pacific,
46; United States Express, SO; Fargo,
27; Western Union. tn.
CHICAGO, Oct. 90. misunderstanding,
5000; market dull and steady; ship
ping steers, 50 1904 80; stockers and
feeders, 81 5O(a2 80; Texas cattle,
81. 50@2 70; Western rangers 81. $500
3.35.
Sheep-Receipos 1000; market weak
and lO9l5 cents lower; natives. 50 5o(9
500; mixed, SO 25(43.7 IS; Western,
SO SO; Texans, 50 0OG3 rs.
Wheat-Market steady. Cash 72t;
December, 1874; MAY 10 LILO.